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Air Vice-Marshal W B Callaway

AVM W B CallawayWilliam Bertram              

b: 15 Oct 1889                 r: 6 May 1945                  d: 28 Aug 1974

CBE - 1 Jan 1943, AFC - 3 Jun 1919, MiD - 1 May 1918, MiD - 17 Mar 1941, MiD – 1 Jan 1945,  PR2 - 12 Jun 1945, DL (Gloucestershire) - 26 Feb 1953.  

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 (RN): - Clerk:  xx xxx 1907, Ass't Pay: 15 Oct 1910, Flt Lt: 23 May 1917.

 (RAF): - (T) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, Capt: 1 Dec 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1921, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1926, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1933, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1937, Act AVM: 25 Nov 1942 - 1 Feb 1945, AVM: Retained.  

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 xx xxx 1907:             Clerk, Royal Navy.

17 Sep 1912:               Assistant Paymaster, HMS Cumberland

xx xxx 1916:                Officer, RNAS.

1918                            Pilot, RNAS/RAFCattewater

 1 Aug 1919:                Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain (Seaplane)

 1 Sep 1919:                Staff Officer 2nd Class (Air Staff), HQ Coastal Area.

31 Oct 1919:               Staff, Ground Wing, RAF College - Cranwell

22 Jan 1920:                Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded Permanent Commission in RAF

xx xxx xxxx:                 Staff, No 2 School of Technical Training (Boy's).

23 Jan 1922:                Staff, School of Naval Co-operation.

 5 Feb 1923:                Staff, RAF Base Calshot.

 1 Apr 1923:                Officer Commanding, No 480 (Flying Boat) Flight.

 4 Feb 1926:                Flying Staff, HMS Eagle.

21 Jan 1927:                Attended Army Staff College, Camberley.

 3 Jan 1929:                 Staff, HQ No 10 Group.

 7 Sep 1929:                OC Flying, HMS Furious.

 6 Aug 1930:                Staff, Deputy Directorate of Staff Duties.

 1 Sep 1933:                Officer Commanding, RAF Base Calshot.

20 Mar 1936:               Officer Commanding, No 203 Sqn.

17 Aug 1937:               AOC, No 5 (Bomber) Group.

11 Sep 1939:                Assistant to AOC, No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

16 Oct 1939:                SASO, HQ No 12 (Fighter) Group.

25 Nov 1942:               SASO, HQ Fighter Command

15 Oct 1943:                SASO, ADGB.

 7 May 1945:               Commandant, Midland Command, ATC.

xx xxx 1947:               Controller, South West Division, Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Served aboard the Cruiser, HMS Cumberland, which was a Training Ship for Naval Cadets, as an Interpreter.  On retirement from the RAF he became Divisional Controller, South-West Division, Ministry of Civil Aviation, until final retirement in 1953.

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